njeri

Albanian

Etymology

From Old Albanian njer, from Proto-Albanian *nera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɲɛˈɽi]

Noun

njeri m (indefinite plural njerëz, definite singular njeriu, definite plural njerëzit)

  1. man
  2. human, person, individual

Declension

Pronoun

njeri

  1. anyone
    • 2009, Pandeli Pani, Albanisch intensiv, edition 2, page 179:
      Atë njeri e njihja.
      Anyone knew him.
  2. someone

References

  • 1982, Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti, Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students, page 283:
    The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.
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